Tuesday, July 19, 2005

First Love Illustrated #68 - Cover

A very cute mid-1950s cover for Harvey, I especially like the expression on the ride attendents face (plus the pipe). Note also the old man in the back seat. I think he's one of the most frequent regulars in Kirby crowd scenes. I wonder if he's based on anyone in particular?

Yeah, that could easily be an uncle to someone of Kirby's generation. I just realized looking at it again that the face is actually pretty similiar to Victor Lanza from the NEW GODS, and obviously a lot of characters in the Fourth World books are specifically based on some people Kirby knew.